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ArticleThe International journal of health planning and management2020

Principalism in public health decision making in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Paulo Ferrinho, Mohsin Sidat, Gisela Leiras, Fernando Passos Cupertino de Barros, Horácio Arruda

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Article in The International journal of health planning and management, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  4. After Action Reviews of COVID-19 response: Case study of a large tertiary care hospital in Italy.The International journal of health planning and management · 2021
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  5. The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: A syndemic perspective.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2021
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  9. Principalism in public health decision making in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.The International journal of health planning and management · 2020
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Paulo FerrinhoGlobal Health and Tropical Medicine, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3722-0803
Mohsin SidatFaculdade de Medicina, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8378-2014
Gisela LeirasEuropean Network of Medical Residents in Public Health (EuroNet MRPH), Paris, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3843-4299
Fernando Passos Cupertino de BarrosConselho Nacional dos Secretários de Saude-CONASS, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Goiás, Núcleo de Estudos em Saúde Pública da Universidade de Brasília, Brasilia, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1188-7973
Horácio ArrudaDirecteur national de santé publique et sous-ministre adjoint, Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux, Quebec, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8328-3357

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic lead scientists and governmental authorities to issue clinical and public health recommendations based on progressively emerging evidence and expert opinions and many of these fast-tracked to peer-reviewed publications. Concerns were raised on scientific quality and generalizability of this emerging evidence. MAIN ARGUMENT: However, this way acting is not entirely new and often public health decisions are based on flawed and ambiguous evidence. Thus, to better guide decisions in these circumstances, in this article we argue that there is a need to follow fundamental principles in order to guide best public health practices. We purpose the usefulness of the framework of principalism in public which has been proved useful in real life conditions as a guide in the absence of reliable evidence.

conclusionsIt is recommended the implementation of these principles in an integrated manner adopting an holistic system approach to health policies adapted to specificities of local contexts.

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Public Health AdministrationCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19Evidence-Based PracticeHealth PolicyHumansPandemicsPneumonia, ViralCOVID-19principalismpublic health decision making

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PMID32648280
PMCPMC7405064

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